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cl AMMENTO RP.

ELECTRIC CANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 31.1917.

Patented June 17, 1919.

I CARL AMMENTOBCP, OF COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.

ELECTRIC CANDLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 17, 1919.

Application filed March 31, 1917. Serial No. 158,883.

To all whom it may concern.-

known. I, CARL AMMIENT RP,

subject of the King of Denmark, residing at No. 23 St. Pederstraede,Copenhagen, Denmark, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin- Electric Candles; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to -Inake and use thesame, reference being had to-the accompanying drawings, and toletters'-. or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

The electric incandescent lamps with candle-like, white glass oropalescent bodies directly connected with the bulb (genuine Englishelectric candles) are comparatively expensive, and when the filamentbreaks theyhave to be entirely discarded. Therea fore attempts have beenmade to combine common Mignon bulbs with detachable, candle-like, whiteglass cylinders by inserting, between the bulb and the foot of .thecandle-like cylinders-a special adjustable frame hidden from view by thewhite glass. These imitations of English electric candles have, however,essential faults. They have a heterogeneous, or non-uniform appearance;they rattle, and are diflicult to install in the glass cylinders, sothat the bulbs stand straight and fit prope 'ly against the edges of thecylinders.

These disadvantages are avoided by means of the present invention, whichis chiefly characterized in that the candle-like cylinder itself servesas a mounting-element, which is connected with the bottom-piece, andwhich, by suitable friction, holds fast a lamp-holder not rigidlyconnected with the bottom-piece.

One form of construction is shown, by way of example, in the drawing.

The candle-like cylinder 1 has at its bottom a suitable fitting 2 which,by means of screw-socket, bayonet-lock, or the like,'can

hold it in the chandelierlamp-socket, and

at the same time establish current connection, with contacts 3. Thebulb-plug 4, or its insulator 5, is connected with the contacts by meansof flexible slack wires 6, and is so constructed that it fits into thecylinder in frictional contact therewith so that it can easily be pushedin or pulled out by grasping the bulb 7, while the latter, when it ispushed down into the position shown in the drawing, rests on the upperedge of the cylinder. The necessary friction beret-ta the cylinder andthe bulb-holder, and the centering of the latter may be accomplished, asshown in the drawing, by means of a ring 8 of rubber or similar disposedbetween the insulator 5 of the bulb holder and an insulating-nut 9screwed on to the bulb-plug 4, so that it can be eX- pandcd more or lessby turning the nut.

The electric candles here referred to are easy to mount, since the wires6 are so long that they can reach above the top edge of the cylinderwhen they are to be clamped into the bulb-holder. The latter (with bulbscrewed in) is then pushed into place, when the wires 6 collapse or, byturning the bulb are coiled together, as shown, in the lower part of thecylinder. There is no otherheightadjustment to be made, except theextremely simple operation of pushing the bulb down to the upper edge ofthe cylinder. It will then rest just as solidly on the cylinder as if itwere apart of it, and there will be no rattling.

I claim An electric candle comprising an opalescent tube having a socketmember secured to its base, a bulb holder within the tube, slack wiresconnecting the holder and base. said holder including a base portion anda bulb plug, a nut on said plug and an expansible friction member onsaid plug and included between said nut and base portion.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name.

CARL AMMENT'ORP.

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